Gulliver | Luxury travel

What the super-rich expect on holiday

The world's wealthiest holiday-makers want the most exotic locations to look just like home

By B.R.

GULLIVER interviewed Kevin Johnson as research for a piece on luxury travel in the print edition this week. Mr Johnson worked as a chief-of-staff and a palace manager for various heads of state, Russian billionaires and royal families. Part of his job was to oversee the travel arrangements of his super-wealthy employers. There wasn’t space to include many of his anecdotes in the print article, but it was a fun chat.

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